Judge Zhasulan Khusainov of Court No. 2 in Almaty’s Medeu District sentenced hieromonk Yakov Vorontsov to four years in a penal colony in a drug possession case. Of the six years imposed, the court applied an amnesty announced by the Kazakh authorities on the occasion of the adoption of the new Constitution; the defense intends to appeal the sentence.

#Almaty #IakovVoroncov #Kazakhstan #PatriarchateofConstantinople #ROC

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Patriarch Kirill congratulated Chechnya head Ramzan Kadyrov on his 50th birthday and presented him with the Order of Glory and Honor, 1st Class. On the same day, Kadyrov assumed office as head of Chechnya for a new term.

#Grozny #Kirill #RamzanKadyrov #Russianguard #ROC #Chechnya

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The RPTC denied reports from Telegram channels that Russian troops may have lost part of Dmitry Donskoy’s relics during a withdrawal in the Lyman area of Donetsk Oblast. Vakhtang Kipshidze, deputy head of the synodal department of the RPTC, called these reports fabricated and suggested an anti-church motive.

#Zenvironment #WarinUkraine #ArmedForcesoftheRussianFederation #DmitryDonskoi #Donbass #Liman #ROC

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The icon «Holy Trinity» by Andrei Rublev was temporarily removed from the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra to check its condition and the climate-controlled display case. It was moved to the workshops on the grounds of the lavra.

#Orthodoxy #Russia #ROC #TretyakovGallery #TrinityLavraofStSergius

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The chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church’s patriarchal commission on family, motherhood, and childhood issues, Fyodor Lukyanov, said that there have been more church weddings in Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine. He linked this to a decline in the influence of Western «anti-church propaganda» and said that the «anti-church hypnosis» from pro-Western forces had «gone away».

#WarinUkraine #Russia #ROC

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Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the vast majority of European countries are facing blocked bank accounts and refusals to rent premises for worship services and cultural events, said the special representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry head for international cooperation on ensuring the right to freedom of religion, Mikhail Melekh. He said this to Russian journalists in Geneva.

#europe #Melech #Orthodoxy #Russia #ROC

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The ROC sent a relic fragment of Moscow prince Dmitry Donskoy to the front in Ukraine «for the spiritual strengthening of the warriors». The synodal department of the Moscow Patriarchate said that the reliquary with a fragment of the prince’s right hand is already on its way to the line of combat contact.

#DmitryDonskoy #Donbass #BattleofKulikovo #MoscowKremlin #ROC #SaurMogila

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